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Originally posted by Seductivpancake:
The moon had it coming.

It totally did. Just look at it... up there every night. Looking down at us. Just WHO DOES IT THINK IT IS??? IT CAN'T JUDGE US!!!!

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Originally posted by zeeEVIL1:

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Originally posted by weaselboy:
Oh, and in order to make sure this thread remains civil: zee, your mom is a classy lady.

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Anyway, I totally agree with what he was saying. I personally wish the President would publically out these people because this underhanded crap from both sides is just keeping anything from getting done. It happens everytime one side loses majority. then half of a Presidents term is wasted by assholes trying to regain a foothold on power.

Sorry, recycled joke from Penny Arcade. I was fake-making fun of you.

Anyway, if a president (ANY president,) just started outing the douche bags in both parties, I would be so happy. Of course, that'd be a guaranteed no-nomination next election, but I have to wonder: if a president did a good enough job the first term, why not run as an independent the second after pointing out the greedy bastards in both parties?

Pancakes: FU, man, the moon was never going to harm us. He unilaterally launched a preemptive strike against an entity whom we have no proof is trying to harm us! Man, nothing this imperialistic has happened since Polk started the Mexican-American War.

I was asked what I thought about this before I left The Netherlands and I thught to myself, "for what?" and I could not answer it.

I see Obama as the politician that he is and nothing more. To me, he has a second strike as he is also a lawyer.

Many were amazed at what I had to say when they asked me about Obama while I was working over there. When told that he was trying to put 94,000 people out of work (while trying to put others to work) struck them as really odd and that it was crazy when unemployment rates were so high.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFY2kJ96jNY

By the way, just an update on the Peace Prize thing...


White Knight - most politicians are lawyers. It's how they move so fast up the chain. Politics, business and legal professions all go hand in hand... It takes a shark to be a lawyer, a politician or a big business owner. That 2nd strike is technically a strike for all politicians.

Are any politicians MDs, PhDs (in something other than business or law), DDSs, DVMs. Maybe one or two, but not many...

And what 94,000 people are being put out of work? What is that number compared to as far as unemployment?

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Originally posted by tibbsy07:

White Knight - most politicians are lawyers. It's how they move so fast up the chain. Politics, business and legal professions all go hand in hand... It takes a shark to be a lawyer, a politician or a big business owner. That 2nd strike is technically a strike for all politicians.

Are any politicians MDs, PhDs (in something other than business or law), DDSs, DVMs. Maybe one or two, but not many...

And what 94,000 people are being put out of work? What is that number compared to as far as unemployment?

Actually this is not true.
link to yahoo

Just off the top of my head, Howard Dean is an MD.

I think the confusion is how many professional politicians went to law school. I do not see education as a problem. In fact if I want someone to understand laws I want them to have taken many history classes, English classes, and classes on law. Guess where they teach that? Law school.

Further the notion that all Lawyers are *** hats is silly. Sure some of them are. Certainly the personal injury lawyers who advertise are distasteful, but most are not. I grew up around lawyers and I can honestly say they were all honorable and good men.

I stand corrected, with the 11th Congress at least. Previous congressional members have mainly had law degrees or some similar degree. In the link you posted, which was 2 years ago, 68% of the Senate was Lawyers and 41% of the House was lawyers... Now it's different, but that is still a large number compared to the rest of the population represented in the government.

I'm not saying it's a bad thing to have more lawyers. I agree that those who make the laws should understand the legal system and the backbone of the country's government. I was just simply pointing out that being a lawyer can't really be a second strike against a politician, unless you use it for many politicians, Democrats and Republicans. A lot of them are or were lawyers.

And you are right, lawyers aren't all bad.

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Originally posted by QuestionMar1988:
The Nobel peace prize is a bit of a joke. I mean come on. They gave it to Yasser Arafat.

Besides, Alfred Nobel was an arms manufacturer and the inventor of dynamite. I'm not saying that makes him a bad person or anything but its kinda stupid to have a peace prize named after a bomb maker don't you think?

I love irony. :P

If my memory serves me well, that's why Sartre refused the prize.

Ironic indeed! I love irony, it tastes "metally"! lol